Population:
98,310

Flint profile

Living in Flint

Flint is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of Michigan. With a population of 98,310 people and 58 constituent neighborhoods, Flint is the seventh largest community in Michigan.

Unlike some cities, Flint isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Flint are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Flint is a city of service providers, sales and office workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Flint who work in office and administrative support (14.29%), sales jobs (10.20%), and food service (7.83%).

A lot of people in Flint take the bus for their daily commute. For the size of the city, the number of people who use public transportation is quite high. For many people in Flint, this fills their need for low-cost transportation.

The rate of college-level education in Flint is quite a bit lower than the national average among all cities of 21.84%: just 11.24% of people here over 25 have a bachelor's degree or an advanced degree.

The per capita income in Flint in 2010 was $14,765, which is low income relative to Michigan and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $59,060 for a family of four. Flint also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 41.16% of its population below the federal poverty line.

Flint is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Flint home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Flint residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Flint include Irish, English, French , and Polish.

The most common language spoken in Flint is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Chinese.